Imperative inheritance law in a late-modern society : five perspectives /

Imperative inheritance law in a late-modern society : five perspectives /

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Imprint:Antwerp ; Oxford : Intersentia, 2009.
Description:xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:European family law series ; 26
European family law series ; 26.
Subject:
Inheritance and succession -- Europe.
Inheritance and succession -- Europe -- History.
Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation -- Europe.
Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation -- Europe -- History.
Inheritance and succession.
Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation.
Europe.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7904261
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Other authors / contributors:Castelein, Christoph.
Foqué, René, 1946-
Verbeke, Alain.
ISBN:9789050959520 (pbk.)
9050959520 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction and Objectives
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Universality of succession law
  •  3. Ways in which property is inherited
  •  4. Symbolic function of the law
  •  5. Choices in our actual inheritance law
  • I. Choices within the intestate inheritance law
  • 1. Ratio legis for the (reduction of) intestate inheritance law (to patrimonial rights)
  • 2. Background perspective - individualism and private property
  • 3. Founding principles
  • 4. Legal translation of these founding principles
  • 5. Consequences
  • 6. The idea of intestate inheritance law as the tacit will of the deceased
  • II. Choices within the testamentary inheritance law
  • III. Choices within the imperative inheritance law
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Imperative inheritance law in a comparative law approach
  • a. First type - law of forced heirship
  • b. Second type - mandatory asset claims
  • c. No mandatory succession law
  •  6. Contestation of the choices made by our inheritance law
  •  7. Multidisciplinary International Seminar on Imperative Inheritance Law
  • I. Aim
  • II. Discussion proposals
  •  8. Conclusions
  • Perspective 1. Legal Anthropology
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. What is legal anthropology?
  •  3. Imperative inheritance law: ethnographic appraisal of 'discriminatory' practices
  • I. Women's lesser rights of inheritance
  • II. Women's 'exclusion' from independent ownership of land versus other avenues of obtaining property
  •  4. Inheritance Laws and Islam
  • I. Islamic inheritance law. A succinct presentation of the main basic principles
  • II. Practice: Estate planning and renunciation of specific fractional shares
  • III. Addressing Islamic inheritance law through international human rights standards
  •  5. Conclusion: Either your Culture or your Inheritance Rights?
  • Perspective 2. Legal History A History of the Law of Succession, in Particular in the Southern Netherlands/Belgium
  •  1. The importance of the law of succession
  •  2. The diversity of the law of succession in the Southern Netherlands before 1795
  •  3. In spite of the diversity, some 'general principles of the law of succession' can be found
  •  4. The rest of the law has to follow the dictates of legal devolution
  • I. Limited possibilities for wills
  • II. Debts were no impediment
  • III. Restrictions on gifts and sales
  • IV. The mildness of the tax collector
  • V. Ransom
  • VI. One exception: the rights of the surviving spouse
  •  5. The old law of succession was not static
  •  6. The law of succession as the best weapon of the French revolution
  •  7. Napoleon: tempering the Revolution
  •  8. After Napoleon: lethargy
  •  9. The future: is freedom possible?
  • Perspective 3. Sociology of law
  •  1. Introductory comments
  •  2. Parallel ideal-types
  •  3. Socio-cultural transformations
  •  4. Recapitulation and conclusion
  • Perspective 4. Law and Economics The Post Mortem Homo Economicus: What Does He Tell Us?
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Explaining inheritance
  •  3. Legitimate share or free will
  •  4. Regulating free bequest
  •  5. The state as the Heir: Inheritance Tax
  •  6. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Perspective 5. Comparative Law - The Netherlands
  •  1. The battle pertaining to new inheritance law (1947-2003)
  •  2. The arguments for upholding the legitimate portion
  • I. The family tie
  • II. Prevention of disputes and problems
  • III. Maintenance
  • IV. Sense of justice or juridical view
  • V. Incidental need
  • VI. Tradition and comparative law
  •  3. The arguments for abolishing the legitimate portion
  • I. The arguments in favour of the legitimate portion are not convincing
  • II. It's a free country
  • III. Justice
  • IV. Safeguarding of the financial provision
  • V. Simplicity
  •  4. Other statutory rights
  • I. Freedom of will making
  • II. Entitlements of imperative law
  • III. Critical remarks regarding the 'other statutory rights'
  •  5. Forfeiture of the right to inherit (passive)
  •  6. Forfeiture of the right to dispose of by will (active)
  •  7. Conclusion
  • Perspective 5. Comparative Law - United Kingdom
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Common law European legal systems
  •  3. What is a property right?
  •  4. Patrimony and estate
  •  5. Administration of estates
  •  6. Freedom of testation
  • I. Land
  • II. Chattels
  • III. Intestacy
  • IV. Twentieth century reform
  • V. Scotland and the Channel Islands
  •  7. The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Domicile of the deceased
  • III. Time limit for bringing a claim
  • IV. Who can bring a claim?
  • V. The court's approach
  • VI. The tests for reasonable financial provision
  • VII. What is maintenance?
  • VIII. What are the factors the court considers to ascertain 'reasonable provision'?
  • IX. Common law and civil law compared
  • X. Claims by surviving spouses/civil partners
  • XI. Ancillary relief cases
  • XII. Impact of the ancillary relief cases on 1975 Act claims
  • XIII. Claims by adult children
  • A. Evolution
  • B. Myers v Myers
  • C. Gold v Curtis
  • D. Land v Estate of Land
  • E. Garland v Morris
  • XIV. Anti-avoidance
  • XIV. Judicial attitudes to the legislation
  •  8. The impact of the legislation
  •  9. Conclusion
  • Perspective 5. Comparative Law - Belgium
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Intestate Inheritance Law
  •  3. Remarks regarding children
  •  4. Imperative rights for descendents and ascendants
  •  5. Intestate rights for the surviving spouse
  •  6. Remarks about this matrimonial property
  •  7. Imperative rights for the surviving spouse
  •  8. Intestate rights of the surviving partner
  •  9. Imperative inheritance rights now
  •  10. Imperative inheritance rights in a future law
  •  11. By way of conclusion
  • Perspective 5. Comparative Law - Germany
  •  1. Concept
  •  2. Historical development
  •  3. Constitutional protection
  • I. Constitutional approach: Articles 6 and 14 GG
  • II. The Constitutional Court's decision of 2000
  • III. The Constitutional Court's decision of 2005
  •  4. Holders
  • I. Descendants, parents, surviving spouse and registered partner
  • II. Condition: exclusion of hereditary succession
  •  5. Calculation of the Pflichtteil
  • I. Calculation of the Pflichtteilsquote
  • A. Descendants
  • B. Parents
  • C. Surviving spouse and registered partner
  • II. Calculation of the value of the Pflichtteil
  • Claims for the protection of the Pflichtteil
  • I. Right to information
  • II. Claim for the remainder of the compulsory portion (Pflichtteilsrestanspruch)
  • III. Deduction (Anrechnung)
  • IV. Right to a supplement to the compulsory portion (Pflichtteilsergänzungsanspruch)
  •  7. Forfeiture of the Pflichtteil
  • I. Loss of the right of succession
  • A. Unworthiness
  • B. Introduction of divorce proceedings
  • C. Renouncement of the right of succession or of the compulsory portion
  • D. Renouncement of the estate
  • II. Deprivation by the testator
  • III. Limitations ex bona mente
  •  8. Prescription
  •  9. The future of the compulsory portion
  • Perspective 5. Comparative Law - France
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Les apports de la loi du 3 décembre 2001: faveur au conjoint survivant
  • I. Droit du conjoint survivant sur le logement de la famille
  • II. Autres droits successoraux du conjoint survivant: l'apparition d'une réserve en l'absence de descendant du défunt
  •  3. La loi du 23 juin 2006: une réforme favorisant l'autonomie de la volonté
  • I. Disparition du droit de réserve héréditaire des ascendants
  • II. De la nullité à la validité contrôlée des pactes sur succession future
  • III. Clarifications apportées par la loi du 23 juin 2006
  • IV. Régime des restitutions
  • V. Admission des donations-partages transgénérationnelles
  • VI. Modernisation des opérations de partage
  •  4. Conclusion
  • Conclusions - Towards an open and Flexible Imperative Inheritance Law
  •  1. Introduction
  •  2. Four preliminary perspectives
  • I. Anthropology of law
  • II. History of law
  • III. Sociology of law
  • IV. Law and economics
  •  3. Comparative legal perspective
  • I. From context to law, and from "institution" to multiple "institutes"
  • II. Forced heirship
  • III. Intermediate position: forced heirship limited to some type of assets
  • IV. Potential inheritance claim
  • 1. England
  • 2. Other countries
  • V. Legal certainty vs. flexibility
  •  4. Openness and flexibility

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